论赫塔·米勒《呼吸秋千》中的超现实隐喻

On the Surreal Metaphors in Herta Müller's Atemschaukel

2009年诺贝尔文学奖得主、德国女作家赫塔·米勒的长篇小说《呼吸秋千》充分展示了她的诗学观,而她的诗学观又受到她独特的族群背景和跌宕的人生经历的深刻影响。她的诗学理论基本上建立在她对事物独特的感受方式和表达方式上,试图突破传统的认知模式,来表达精微而痛彻的人生经验。《呼吸秋千》一书中超现实隐喻的生成和工作机理,再一次印证了米勒的诗学核心"臆造的感知",把看似无关的事物糅合到一个自创的新词里,由之而生的隐喻产生出超现实的效果,表达了日常语言无法言说的感觉认知,揭示了人性的深度和复杂。

Atemschaukel, a novel by the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Literature, the German writer Herta Mueller, is another practice of her unique poetics which has been molded into shape by her singular ethnic background, the historical environment and her personal experiences. The core of her poetics,“Die erfundene Wahrnehmung”, is engendered through her unrivalled way of perception and cognition, as well as the resulting singular ways of expression. All this is reflected in some surreal metaphors she created in the afore-said novel. An analysis of the genesis and workings of these metaphors helps reveal and deepen our understanding of her poetic mechanism. It is concluded that her practice of achieving surreal effects by combining irrelevant images into coined words is her brand of exploration of the depth and complicity of humanity.